TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- A 17-year-old in Tuscaloosa is telling investigators he was just walking down the street when someone shot him in the leg Wednesday night.

Sgt.Dale Phillips, the commander of the Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit, said investigators found the wounded teenager around 7 p.m. after someone reported the shooting to police.

The victim was shot in his left leg while walking in Hay Court on the 4400 block of 21st Street in west Tuscaloosa near Stillman College.

Phillips said the teen, whose wounds were not life-threatening, did not know who shot him or why. The homicide unit, which investigates almost all violent crime in Tuscaloosa County, will continue to probe into the attack.